KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says it rejects “completely the attempts by certain unprincipled forces” to reverse the Cuban Revolution and urged calm and peace in the Caribbean country following protests there last weekend.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti– President Jovenel Moise has named his seventh prime minister since coming to office in 2017.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago Parliament Monday began debating legislation aimed at improving the socio-economic and political relationships between the two islands, amid uncertainty as to whether two pieces of legislation will receive the support of opposition legislators.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has held talks with Chinese President, XI Jinping with the two countries committing themselves to strengthening their 44-year-old relationship.

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Agriculture Commissioner, and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Nikki Fried is announcing her fundraising for the month of June, the first month of her campaign for Florida Governor. Nikki’s campaign raised a total of $812,544.18, with her campaign account bringing in $396,376.23 and her political committee, Florida Consumers First, raising $416,167.95.

NEW YORK, New York– The Haitian American chair of the Brooklyn, New York Democratic Party has expressed disappointment with the length of sentence handed down on a white police officer convicted for killing a Black man in Minneapolis by kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes, suffocating him. 

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –Haiti remains in a state of political uncertainty as the planned ceremony to swear in the President of the Senate, Joseph Lambert, as the new head of state to replace the assassinated Jovenel Moise, had been postponed indefinitely.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica and the United States have finalized improved operational protocols pertaining to the Shiprider Agreement, under which both countries cooperate to curtail illicit maritime drug trafficking, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Kamina Johnson Smith has said.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government has signaled its intention to impose visa requirements targeting nationals from Haiti and Cuba as the Caribbean Community CARICOM) country grapples with an influx of illegal migrants.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Special Representative for Haiti has acknowledged the legitimacy of Prime Minister Claude Joseph to lead the French-speaking Caribbean nation following the “cowardly” assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on Wednesday, and welcomed his government’s commitment to hold national elections later this year.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council has reiterated its “deep concern” about what it describes as the “deteriorating political, security and humanitarian conditions” in Haiti.

St. Petersburg, Fl—Congressman Charlie Crist says the many Floridians arrested (47) during the January 6 Capitol siege warrants an investigation by a bipartisan group. Florida has the dubious distinction of tying Texas for the most arrests in the riot to undermine the certification of Joe Biden as President.  Joined by State Attorney Andrew Warren, Crist called on Governor Ron DeSantis to assemble a bipartisan panel to examine Florida's link to the violent insurrection that overwhelmed capitol police. The incident resulted in several deaths and numerous injuries to capitol police. Crist, a Democrat running for Governor, said, "This is stunning, and for our public safety, we need to understand why."